Parisian Shoe Brand Carel Marks Creative Tie-up With Clara Cornet

Carel — the legacy French footwear brand experiencing a revival — has unexpectedly teamed with a fashion double-C, but not the one you may think. Clara Cornet, an insider who splits time between New York and Paris, has joined forces with the brand for a poppy, limited-edition runs of Carel’s “Kina” mary jane shoes. In 2015, while employed as Opening Ceremony’s women’s buyer, Cornet gave Carel its first U.S. retailing partner. Upon making landfall at OC’s New York and Los Angeles shops, the Kina shoe quickly became a success for its manageable heel height, quality, design acumen and price point (typically less than $400). Clara Cornet shoes for Carel.  Courtesy Cornet, who grew up in Paris’ Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighborhood where Carel has long had a store on the Rue du Four, says she “would pass by the shop all the time. I even wore it as a child — it’s very Left Bank. It’s not about fashion, it’s about timelessness.” Later as an adult, Cornet “had a change of perspective when the mary jane style became so on-trend. I thought to myself, ‘There is one brand that has done it since Day One, they are known for it.’ It made me want to bring the brand to

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